As the war in Iran entered its fifth week, an unexpected front began to take shape—not on the battlefield, but across social media platforms. Viral posts, shared widely across both Western and
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In the bustling streets of Thiruvananthapuram, still widely known as Trivandrum, red flags ripple through dense crowds as supporters chant slogans of continuity and triumph. Children in maroon berets bearing a single
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In a quiet suburb just north of Paris, a three-year-old girl’s distress has become emblematic of a national scandal shaking France’s education system. What began as reluctance to attend preschool soon escalated
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The skies over Iran, long dominated by overwhelming American and allied airpower, became a deadly trap on the morning of April 3, 2026. More than a month into Operation Epic Fury—a massive
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The race for time has found a new frontier in Miami, where the world’s wealthiest are turning to floating helipads to bypass some of the worst traffic congestion in the United States.
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It is no longer credible to treat Afghanistan’s terrorism problem as a purely internal Afghan matter. Since the Taliban returned to Kabul in August 2021, Afghanistan has increasingly functioned as a permissive
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Iran’s war effort is no longer limited to Tehran’s own forces. Across the Middle East, the country’s Axis of Resistance partners are actively joining the fight, leveraging their geographic and political advantages
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A Movement Born in the Margins Many of us shaped by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in the late 1960s and 1970s carry convictions that have never fully faded. We were young
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has issued a stark warning that repeated attacks on the country’s only nuclear power plant could spark a massive radiological catastrophe across the region. In a Saturday
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Russia’s efforts to restrict virtual private networks amid a clampdown on the Telegram messaging platform triggered a massive banking outage across the country this week, according to Telegram founder Pavel Durov. In
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Doha for a two-day diplomatic mission aimed at reinforcing Italy’s relationship with Gulf nations and securing critical energy resources disrupted by the war in Iran.
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The outbreak of war in Iran has reshaped the global aviation landscape, shuttering Middle Eastern airspaces and grounding planes, leaving carriers such as Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad Airways struggling to maintain
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The United States has deployed nearly its entire inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER long-range cruise missiles to support military operations in Iran, drawing weapons from stockpiles originally reserved for other global contingencies. According
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A quiet war over information is unfolding in the United Arab Emirates, even as drones and missiles strike some of the country’s most critical infrastructure. Investigations by Bellingcat suggest that the official
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In India’s volatile electoral landscape, a new and troubling weapon has emerged: artificial intelligence deployed not merely for persuasion, but for polarisation. An investigation by Bellingcat has found that social media accounts
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